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We Need to Talk About...

The Guardian

87 episodes

2 hours ago

We are always looking for ways to amplify supporters' voices, hear your reflections on the big news stories of the moment, and connect our readers with our newsroom. We hope that this monthly podcast will enable us to do just this – providing a platform for journalists, Guardian supporters and industry experts to come together to discuss the issues that matter most. You can submit topic suggestions and questions to our team via email at weneedtotalkabout@theguardian.com. Do please leave us your name, location and phone number so we can get in touch if needed. What is it that we need to talk about?

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We are always looking for ways to amplify supporters' voices, hear your reflections on the big news stories of the moment, and connect our readers with our newsroom. We hope that this monthly podcast will enable us to do just this – providing a platform for journalists, Guardian supporters and industry experts to come together to discuss the issues that matter most. You can submit topic suggestions and questions to our team via email at weneedtotalkabout@theguardian.com. Do please leave us your name, location and phone number so we can get in touch if needed. What is it that we need to talk about?

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Episodes (20/87)

We Need to Talk About...

We need to talk about … the environmental impact of our fashion addiction

This episode of our podcast series examines the environmental impact of our shopping habits and the seemingly unstoppable rise of ‘fast fashion’

5 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes 10 seconds

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We need to talk about … education

Guardian journalists, supporters and industry experts discuss what education systems around the world can learn from each other and how to enable change

6 years ago

59 minutes 51 seconds

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Guardian podcast: We need to talk about … the death of the high street

Guardian journalists, supporters and industry experts discuss the failing health of UK high streets and the impact on communities. What can local spaces offer that out-of-town shopping centres and online giants can’t?

6 years ago

55 minutes 48 seconds

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We need to talk about...Extinction

George Monbiot and wildlife experts discuss the increasingly devastating impacts of human behaviour on fauna and flora, and what can be done to protect species, locally and globally

7 years ago

59 minutes 37 seconds

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We need to talk about … the impact of artificial intelligence

In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters share their experiences and put questions to a panel of journalists and industry experts. This episode focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence in business and wider society. How will this evolving technology affect our lives, and how might the threats be ameliorated?

7 years ago

54 minutes 59 seconds

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Podcast: why is positive news coverage so vital in today's world?

This episode of our regular podcast focuses on the impact of the modern news cycle on our health and wellbeing, and whether a greater focus on positive, hopeful, solution-based stories could help to mitigate this

7 years ago

53 minutes 25 seconds

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Podcast: We need to talk about … the rise of veganism

In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters share their experiences and put questions to a panel of journalists and industry experts. This episode focuses on veganism’s evolution into a mainstream lifestyle choice. What does it mean to become a vegan and what impact could veganism have on climate change, animal welfare and personal wellbeing?

7 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes 2 seconds

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We need to talk about … the future of journalism

Guardian supporters pose the questions as The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, discusses the challenges facing journalism and her vision for the Guardian. Hosted by The Guardian’s joint political editor, Heather Stewart

7 years ago

34 minutes 29 seconds

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We need to talk about … finding common ground

Guardian supporters set the agenda and feature in this podcast considering whether society is becoming more polarised – and if so, how we might tackle the issue. With Jon Henley, Dawn Foster, Elle Hunt and Joseph Harker.

7 years ago

56 minutes 25 seconds

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We need to talk about … Population and climate change

In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters ask the questions and a Guardian panel try to provide the answers. This episode focuses on whether people should be having fewer children for the sake of the planet – and if so, how that societal change might happen

8 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes 19 seconds

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We need to talk about...Brexit

A monthly podcast in which Guardian journalists tackle a topic suggested by Guardian members and answer their questions on it. In this edition, Vicky Frost, the Guardian’s deputy membership editor, discusses Brexit with Lisa O’Carroll, Zoe Williams, Dan Roberts and Larry Elliott

8 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes 25 seconds

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We need to talk about...Nationalism

A monthly podcast in which Guardian journalists tackle a topic suggested by Guardian members and answer their questions on it. In this edition, Vicky Frost, the Guardian’s deputy membership editor, discusses the global rise of nationalism with Randeep Ramesh, Iman Amrani and Ewen MacAskill

8 years ago

42 minutes 50 seconds

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Feed change - We need to talk about ... Members podcast

This feed is changing from Live events to our new monthly Membership podcast, We need to talk about …

8 years ago

1 minute 17 seconds

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We need to talk about... public healthcare

Is it reasonable to expect the state to provide universal healthcare? Vicky Frost and a panel including the Guardian’s Sarah Boseley and Denis Campbell answer Guardian members’ questions about the challenges facing public healthcare

8 years ago

1 hour 10 seconds

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We need to talk about protest – Guardian Members' exclusive podcast

From protests against President Trump and Brexit, to Romanian anti-corruption demonstrations and the people defending threats to local libraries – we appear to be living in a new age of resistance. But how can we maintain momentum? And what can we really achieve? In this edition of our podcast for Guardian Members we discuss the power and danger of protest

8 years ago

57 minutes 50 seconds

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Michael Chabon on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay – books podcast

The Pulitzer prize-winning novelist looks back on a modern classic at a Guardian book club event

8 years ago

40 minutes 50 seconds

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We need to talk about climate change – Guardian Members' exclusive podcast

What will a Trump presidency mean for the future of the planet? In the first of our new monthly podcasts for Guardian members, in which expert panelists and journalists tackle your queries on the subjects you consider most pressing, we consider climate change policy in the Trump era. What should we expect – and what can we do about it?

8 years ago

49 minutes 24 seconds

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The rise of Donald Trump - Guardian Live event podcast

It is an election result that has left the US and the rest of the world reeling, that saw a man with no record in any political office, a reality TV star who has boasted about sexually assaulting women, become the 45th US president. The Guardian’s special projects editor Mark Rice-Oxley and a panel of columnists discuss the reasons for Trump’s success and the Democrats’ failure

8 years ago

1 hour 32 minutes 15 seconds

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Utopia 2016: how to die a good death – Guardian Live event podcast

By turning away from death, by ignoring its inevitability, are we making our death more distressing for ourselves and for our loved ones? Giles Fraser and an expert panel shed some light on the positive things that can happen when we face this entirely natural part of life

9 years ago

1 hour 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Can the Labour party rebuild and win? Guardian Live event – audio

The Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana alongside Paul Mason, Rafael Behr, Hugh Muir, Polly Toynbee and John Harris reflect on the tumultuous battle for the heart of the Labour party and ask whether Labour regain power?

9 years ago

1 hour 38 minutes 17 seconds